9:12 PM IST Zimbabwe Cricket have voided the 2019-20 domestic season and will not declare winners in either the first-class competition or the 50-over tournament. Cricket in Zimbabwe has been suspended since March 18 and the country has been on lockdown since March 30. The stay-at-home order was due to end on May 3, but
Month: May 2020
12:01 PM ET The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that it has undertaken a league-wide initiative to promote mental health among its student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators. “This world that we live in right now is so complicated and complex, especially for young people,” first-year Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said. “I made a promise
10:25 AM ET Don Shula, the NFL’s winningest coach who led the Miami Dolphins to the league’s only undefeated season, died on Monday. He was 90. The Dolphins issued a statement saying that Shula died “peacefully at his home.” “Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years,” the statement said. “He
9:36 AM ET A televised fundraiser for COVID-19 relief involving Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff will give fans their first live golf to watch since the sport was shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Called the TaylorMade Driving Relief, the event will be played at Seminole Golf Club
11:02 AM ET A majority of sports fans surveyed by ESPN said they are in favor of watching televised sports without fans rather than waiting for sports to resume only when fans can be in attendance. The ESPN Coronavirus Lockdown Fan Study surveyed 1,004 sports fans aged 18 or older, with 65% in favor of
9:48 AM ET The Big Ten conference is extending its suspension of all organized team activities through June 1 as a response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The conference had previously announced in March it would suspend team activities until May 4, but after evaluating the current climate, the Big Ten has further extended the
7:51 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 2015, Craig Counsell was named manager of the Brewers. He has become a template for managers today. He
8:51 AM ET The NFL will call off its annual International Series games in London and Mexico City this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, a league source told ESPN’s Vaughn McClure. The league will inform teams of its decision either Monday or Tuesday, the source told McClure. A league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on
8:09 AM ET The Miami Dolphins have put together early plans for how to host fans in its stadium during the 2020 NFL season amid the coronavirus pandemic. During a Monday segment with Good Morning America, Dolphins CEO/president Tom Garfinkel revealed mock-ups of new entrances into Hard Rock Stadium that would help adhere to social
7:45 AM ET ESPN News Services Blake Bivens, a Double-A pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, found out on Facebook that his family had been killed last August and said he has been leaning on his faith to carry on. Bivens’ wife, child and mother-in-law were killed in a small Virginia town, with police